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Paintings celebrate ink master

Prominent ink painter Zhang Ding (1917-2010) once said, "It takes a lot of study to paint in only black, white and gray. In a dazzling world, the combination of black, white and gray brings me great comfort."

Zhang contributed a lot in the fields of comics, mural painting and industrial design, but it is his innovation of classical Chinese painting through the approach of jiao mo (scorched ink) that propels him to status as a modern master.

An ongoing exhibition shows about 30 ink paintings that review Zhang's reforms of Chinese painting in different periods.

Learn more here.

Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, through Mar 5.

Venue: National Art Museum of China, 1 Wusi Avenue, Dongcheng district.

Ticket: Free entrance

Contact: 010 - 6400 1476